Secure Email Billing
Dramatically Improving Your
“Customer Interaction
Experience”
Presented by : Mike Wright Chief Executive OfficerTiming:
• 1 pm: Session 1: – Research – About Striata – Example • 3 pm: Break • 3:15am: Session 2 – eBilling Value Proposition – Driving Adoption – CPS Energy Case Study • 5 pm: Break • 5:15am: Session 3 – Demo’s – Adoption Techniques – Additional Considerations • 7 pm ConclusionReal Timing:
• 1 pm: Session 1: – Research – About Striata – Example • 2 pm: Break • 2:15am: Session 2 – eBilling Value Proposition – Driving Adoption – CPS Energy Case Study • 3 pm: Break • 3:15am: Session 3 – Demo’s – Adoption Techniques – Additional Considerations • 4 pm ConclusionResearch
2005 Forrester Research
Cathy Graeber Forrester “Every time we’ve asked consumers this question” “Where do you want to receive your bills?” only 6% of consumers pick the bank. And over 75% say they’d prefer email delivery.” Source: Bank Technology News Where consumers want to view their Statements and Bills Bank aggregation 6% Biller website 16% Other 2% Email 76%2006 Chartwell
Guide to Bill Presentment and Payment
" Perhaps no other billing product shows as much promise as emailbased bill presentment and payment. Though still in its infancy, the technology promises to give customers the convenience of a bill delivered to them (to the email inbox rather than the mailbox) with the efficiency of Internet bill payment through secure email delivery."in the USA
• Over 75% of US Adults are now online • The proportion of adults who are now online at home has risen to 70% • Average hours per week = 9 • 172 million people (May 2006)Striata Overview
Success Stories
• Standard Bank – converted over 600,000 documents per month to email • MultiChoice – already at 40% penetration of their statement recipients – used for price increase letters and suspension notifications as well • CPS Energy – Consolidated Residential and Business • Whitby Hydro – 10% adoption in month 1 • Vodacom – 300,000 documents in 18 months • Cell C – signing up thousands per weekStriata has the knowledge and
expertise to drive user adoption
Why they bought from us…
• Were spending lots of money on postage • In some cases they’d built an online version • They weren’t getting the adoption they thought they would • They started spending increasing amounts on marketing • Their ROI on current projects became meaningless • They needed a demonstrable short term win • They had a small % of their customers email addresses • We promised an ROI and adoption with a money back guarantee…Utility Demo
Double click on the secure HTML attachment to view the eBill Email is digitally signed to authenticate the sender Marketing Opportunity CAN SPAM informationUtility Demo
Enter Zip Code Customized Header
Utility Demo
Billing information Link to online copy of back page of bill Payment from within the email just 1 click required (ACH, Credit Card and Debit Card)Utility Demo
Payment Confirmation
eBilling Value
Proposition
Electronic Messaging Goals
• The goals of any outbound or inbound Electronic Communication project are:
1. Proactive communication
2. Instant delivery and / or receipt 3. Reduced cost (70% to 90%)
4. Improved process efficiencies 5. Reduced manual intervention 6. Improved marketing capabilities 7. Automated data capturing
8. Improved cash flow / Reduced DSO 9. Increased customer selfservice
‘
PUSH
’ & ‘
PULL
’ – Complimentary Approaches
• PUSH – Secure eMail – No upfront registration required – Low acquisition cost – Delivery – No website visit needed – ‘Known’ shared secret – One click to open – Document familiarity – One click to pay – Remains encrypted – Personalized marketing – High paper turn off – Document consolidation – Links to additional online self service if required • PULL – Secure Website – Marketing required – High acquisition cost – Change in behavior – Fast Internet speed – Upfront registration – Username & password – Website login – Publicly accessible – Multipage process – View not familiar – Downloaded doc not secure – Very small paper turn off – Phishing potential – Plateau'd adoptionWhy
DELIVER
(PUSH) secure email documents
“Where does your customer process their information today?”
– Their INBOX
• This is where you should deliver ALL your customer communication
• Why is it the most positive customer experience?
1. The customer does not have to DO anything
2. The information is DELIVERED (no linking to a website) 3. It takes just ONE CLICK to open and view the content 4. The information in the encrypted email is: • 100% PERSONALIZED • is viewable OFFLINE • MORE SECURE than paper or online 5. The customer has multiple options: File, Save, Print, Forward, Pay (if applicable)
What
ADDED VALUE
can be provided?
• COST SAVINGS – Significant paper cost savings – Fewer customer service calls – Cheaper, more effective marketing • PAYMENT: – NO preregistration– Prepopulated ONE CLICK payment convenience – More SECURE than website submission
• INSTANT form submission: – Personalised submission – QUICK – no website pages to load – Intelligent response routing • EMAIL REPLIES: – Automated responses – Intelligent routing, storage, escalation & reporting – More COST EFFECTIVE than incoming calls
Driving
Adoption
eBilling
Goals & Challenges
• Goals
– Paper turn off – Instant delivery – Reduced DSO – Personalized marketing – Recipient visibility – Improved customer satisfaction• Challenges
– Registration – Paper turn off – Website usage – Call Centre calls – Scheduled payments – Difficult to personalize marketingBillers have struggled to drive
ADOPTION
Why are PULL eBilling Adoption rates so low?
– Adoption is the victim of customer inertia – Customers must visit a website to register – They must choose & remember a username / password – Should have highspeed access – 8 to 12 clicks! – Lack of familiarity – Can only download an unencrypted copy of bill – Open to Phishing ScamsThe
FUNDAMENTALS
• Email addresses = ADOPTION • NO registration • NO marketing costs • ONE click Presentment • DELIVERY • ONE click Payment • All mail clients • All computers • All connection types • Pay as you send • Existing file outputShifting the Adoption Paradigm
Secure ‘PUSH’ Presentment & Payment strategies to drive significant customer adoption: 1. Remove the need for the customer to register 2. Deliver bills directly into the customer’s inbox 3. Enable oneclick payment without visiting a website 4. Collect email addresses at every customer touch point 5. New customers ~ never send paper at all 6. Existing customers ~ encourage paper truncation 7. Personalize all aspects of the bill & associated marketing 8. Leverage direct customer selfservice functionalityThe
SOLUTION
• No customer registration • No choosing & remembering usernames & passwords • No fast internet speed required • ONE click to open • Looks exactly like the paper bill • ONE click to pay • PERSONALIZED marketing • Automated paper turn off • Added SECURITY • Offline viewing • Call sorting • GraphingThe Opportunities for
UTILITIES
• Secure Email Bill Presentment & Payment – Residential bills – Business consolidated bills (data file) – Striata BillPay – Bill stuffers – Regulatory information • Collection notices with payment • Debit Order / Autopay applications • “About to go pastdue” reminders • Electronic marketing • Outage notificationsWhat does the Customer want?
• Delivery! • Electronic copy of invoices in secure format • Minimum number of clicks • Summary, graphing & sorting functionality • Consolidation and data upload format • Dispute functionality • Simple & immediate payment process • Ability to log a service call • Everything on a silver platter (customers don’t like to think)Secure Email Bill Presentment & Payment
CASE STUDY
Commercial / Business
Accounts
Intro to CPS Energy
Who are they? • San Antonio, Texas • Nation’s largest municipally owned electric and natural gas utility • 600,000+ electric customers • 300,000+ natural gas customersWhy Secure Email EBPP? • No registration • Digital replica of the paper bill/s • No choosing & remembering username & passwords • No website visit • Securely encrypted attachment • Imbedded, downloadable data file • Personalizable marketing opportunities = Simple, Secure, Convenient eBilling
Project Details – Phase 1 • Business / Commercial customers • Securely encrypted, navigable PDF: – Document ‘type’ acceptance / known format – Inbox penetration – 128 bit encryption – Perfect printing • Multibills w/summary • Imbedded, up loadable data file • Striata BillPay – payment from within the PDF • Bill stuffers
Payment • No preregistration, One click, Directly from within the email bill • Access the API/Batch interface for realtime validation, processing and confirmation • Popup & email confirmation w/ marketing opportunities • Daily AR automated file and settlement • Remember payment details for future use • Support for ACH, credit or debit card • Online reporting, research, and payment management tool • Third Party payment consolidation • Webbased tool for CSR payment initiation
Introductory Email
Results to date
• Go live – July 2006 • Very few queries • Good acceptance • No delivery issues • Account managers signing up business customers • Over 2 000 business accounts migrating per month • = Happy customersFuture Phases
• ‘In email’ customer surveys • Aggressive paper turn off • Residential billing • Delinquent accounts • ‘Remember your payment’ information • Enhanced electronic bill stuffers • Autopay applications • Credit & debit cardsDemos
1. Secure PDF • B2C focus • Adobe Reader only • Navigable (pages) • Striata BillPay • Datafile • 128 RC4 encryption 2. Encrypted ‘package’ • B2C & B2B focus • Striata Reader (58kb) • Highly compressed • Navigable (Like a website) • Sorting • Datafile • 168 bit 3DES or 256 bit AESAdoption
Techniques
Gathering your Customers Email Addresses
• Proven methodologies • No hard cost
• Year 1: 25% Year 2: 25% Year 3: 15%
• 3 Customer Groups: – Existing customers – have email addresses – Existing customers – do not have email addresses – New customers • All touch points: walkin, contact centre, paper bill, IVR, account managers, partners, website. • Option: Outsourced email database management • Automated introductory email
Turning off the Paper Bill
• One of the primary goals of EBPP • Digital replica of the paper bill • Familiarity is the ‘key’ • Optin vs. Opt out options • Its much easier than you thinkOpt in vs.
Opt out
Optin: • Ask the customer if you can turn off their paper. • This can be done in the body of the email bill or in a separate email. • A button is embedded in the email so that turning off the paper bill is just one easy click. • This can also be incentivized through discounting, sweepstakes or a 'save a tree' campaign. • For this option you can expect a paper turn off rate of 5% to 15%. Optout: • Turn off the paper bill automatically after a certain period of time. • Give the customer the option to turn it back on should they so choose. • Our experience has shown that at most 10% of customer will opt to turn their paper bill back on, giving you an effective paper turn off rate of over 90%. • Whitby Hydro project paper suppression of over 90%. It is important to note that when surveyed, customer acceptance of the two options above were identical, the difference for you the biller is however massive. Once you have auditable confirmation that the secure email bill is being opened and used, you have two options:Additional
Payment
• NO preregistration • Directly from within the email bill • Remember payment details • Auto debit application • One click • Credit or debit card • Instant and email confirmation • Web confirmation • Daily AR automated file • Multiple marketing opportunitiesDeliverability
• Essential to any ‘e’ project
• Know the result BEFORE you send • Beware: – ISP blocking – Email client handling (Junk mail) – Spam filters – Content filters – Domain blacklisting – Image blocking – New email clients (Outlook 2007) – Future trends • Complex & ever changing
Deliverability
• Methods or improving deliverability – Recipients Database • Optin lists • “Clean” database – Authentication and accreditation • Digital signatures • Sender Authentication (SPF, Sender ID, Domain Keys, DKIM) • Greylisting & tarpitting techniques • Accreditation (Bonded Sender, Habeas Mark, ) • Blacklists • GoodMail +USPS EPM – Content scanning • Correctly formatted emails • ECT Act / CAN Spam compliance / local regulatory compliance – Recipients • Whitelisting at mailbox level There is not one standard implementation to increase deliverability because each server has different spam prevention rules. A combination of all the methods has the best results.Why a Secure eMail Bill is
Unphishable
• ‘Push’ and not ‘Pull’ • Multiple layers of personalization • Digital Signature & EPM • Partial account number data • Offline authentication • Offline viewing & navigation • No ‘publicly accessible location’ • No website entry • Actual bill / statement content • No funds transfer capability / other bill paymentPersonalized
Marketing
• Informative • Upsell / Cross –sell • Prepopulated offers with submission • Options: – Existing ‘stuffers’ – Attachments – ‘inbill’ messages – New ‘realestate’ – Payment confirmation page & email • Message store • Business ‘if & then’ rule engine • Web interface for material management • Walk throughs • No costRegulatory Requirements
• South Africa – Tax Invoices – SARS requirements – 128 bit encryption – Archiving 5 years – ECT Act – permission marketing – Data protection • USA – Can Spam act – Privacy laws • European Union – Data privacy – SEPA – Financial payments in EuropeWhat is the
VALUE?
• COST SAVINGS – Significant paper cost savings – Fewer customer service calls – Cheaper, more effective marketing • PAYMENT: – NO preregistration– Prepopulated ONE CLICK payment convenience – More SECURE than website submission
• INSTANT form submission: – Personalized submission – QUICK – no website pages to load – Intelligent response routing • EMAIL REPLIES: – Automated responses – Intelligent routing, storage, escalation & reporting – More COST EFFECTIVE than incoming calls
The
BENEFITS
are dramatic
• The customer experience is TRULY improved: – DELIVERY is same day – RECEIPT is same day – 75% 85% are read within 24 hours – DELIVERY COSTS are cut by 65% to 85%– PAYMENT is up to 30% QUICKER (Improved DSO)
– RESPONSES can be taken instantly, collated and routed effectively
– Marketing messages are PERSONALIZABLE at NO COST
– The customer ONLY receives RELEVANT offers – Marketing REALESTATE is EFFECTIVE – There is NO LIMIT to how often the offers can be changed – TOTAL PERSONIZATION is fully automated – Marketing messages are delivered at the time of your choosing – Responses are accurately tracked & reported